Did your DH go with you for your first u/s?
I am so used to going to the clinic by myself - for all of the monitoring and u/s appointments for IVF.
And honestly, I feel weird when there is another man all up in my business when my DH is there. It doesn't bother me when I am by myself and the RE is doing his thing.
Or does your DH just try to go to your big u/s?
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my husband is in sales which means his schedule can sometimes be flexible. For all of my IVF monitoring appointments we made them for 7 a.m. so he could go to them with me (even just blood draws!)
And for the u/s we have been open with his coworkers about our IF struggles (which has been a godsend) and they have shifted their workloads around so he can be with me for the appointments!
Lucky for us the first one is on a Saturday
IVF #1: ER 03/29/10; ET 04/01/10: transferred 2 embies; Beta #1 (9dp3dt)- 45; Beta #2 (11dp3dt)- 91= BFP
FET#1: ET 04/18/12: transferred 4 embies; Beta #1: >2 = BFN
IVF #2: ER 06/20/12; ET 6/25/12: transferred 2 embies; Beta #1 on 7/5/12= BFN
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FET#2: ET 12/15/12: transferred 3 embies; Beta #1 (9dp5dt): 12/24/12: 426; Beta #2 (11dp5dt): 845= BFP
u/s 1/9= triplets!; miscarried all three on 1/10/13...
My husband has yet to miss an ultrasound, with the exception of my 8 week scan. He had to stay home and watch Paige.
He gets so excited seeing the LOs on the screen.
My husband has come with me for all of my u/s. I really thought it was going to be weird to---having another man down there and my husband standing next to me---BUT it really wasn't a big deal. They aren't really down there but for a second and then you see the u/s and the baby and it is completely amazing. Good Luck.
This. My DH has been to every u/s I've had thus far. He insists on going.
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He didn't come to my first b/c it was just a blood work appointment and I wasn't expecting to get one. He didn't come to the next appointment either (where we found out about the trips) due to a work conflict. Talk about a weird phone call to make "Hey honey, they found an extra baby. It isn't twins, it triplets, and super risky tripets since we have a set of ID twins."
He did come to my firsts Peri appointment and comes to every other appointment (so once a month). I have u/s ever 2 weeks so, he see her on u/s at least once a month.
With the exception of the emergency u/s I had at 7 weeks because of bleeding, my DH has been to all of my ultrasounds. And there were a lot at the beginning, because I had OHSS and my RE wanted my ovaries checked every 3-4 days. My RE had 6:30am appointments, though, so it was easy for us to do that. Oh, and my RE and u/s techs were all women.
Seeing the heart beat for the first time is pretty amazing - if he can make it, he should, even if it is weird for him and you to have another dude, um, involved.
DH missed my 1st u/s and 3rd u/s. He did make it to the 2nd one where we saw a hb for the 1st time!!
my husband went with me to every RE appointment, even just blood draws, after the 1st monitoring of the 1st IVF cycle was such a disaster, he wanted to be there for moral support from then on.
He comes to all of my OB appointments too.
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My DH went to my first us at 5 weeks but we couldn't see much more than the yolk sac, but he couldn't make it to my second us at 7 weeks(the only one he's ever missed) and he totally missed seeing and listening to the heartbeat for the first time. It was the most precious sound ever and he missed it and now has to wait until it's picked up on the doppler because my OB's us isn't as sophisticated as REs. If I were you I'd have DH come so he won't miss any of those precious moments, though if you don't feel comfortable with him being there maybe you should leave him behind. Sorr if this doesn't help much.
ETA: He has seen the heartbeat since, and it his smile was just priceless, he just hasn't been able to hear it.
He was at all of my ultrasounds that we had with our RE. Which was all of first tri so I think that was 8 scans. He started a new job when I started with my OB so he has not been able to make any of those, which I have every two weeks.
It was so great to have him there when we found out we had a UTE baby ( i was high risk for ectopic) and when he heard the heartbeat. My first appointment with the OB at 15 weeks is when they did the antomy scan and it was a bit of a let down not having hime there when we found out Shim was a she.
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My husband only went to my emergency u/s at 8 weeks (bleeding). He had to drive me.
He is planning on attending the "big one" in a month or so, but he has to take off work to do so.
IVF #1 1/10-transfered 2 blasts- DS born 10/2010
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1/25/16- BFP Beta1 12dpo = 17, Beta 2 14 dpo = 28.. resulted in one beautiful boy born 9/21/16
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After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
ditto this!